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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 10m

Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 2d

"An extreme escalation.”

"Venezuela sits atop one of the largest oil reserves."

Experts react to Trump's threat to "start looking about the land," following another lethal boat strike off the Venezuelan coast.

@tganeva.bsky.social reports:

Is Venezuela Regime Change a Goal of Trump’s Drug-War Strikes?

Experts react to his threat to "start looking about the land" after another sea strike. “Venezuela sits atop one of the largest oil reserves."

filtermag.org

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 24m

Keg Kavanaugh must be proud of what he enabled ICE to *actually* do... (brief detainment my ass)

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 29m

the extraterritorial expansion seems to have exploded once the continental "frontier line" no longer existed (1890 US Census)

Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Jul 15

Some people don't seem to know.

... In "How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States", Daniel Immerwahr knits together dozens of disparate, harrowing stories into a larger, eye-popping narrative of U.S. imperialism; his exhaustive account of this hidden history is a revelation."

HOW TO HIDE AN EMPIRE | Kirkus Reviews

America extends far beyond the mainland.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Armed agents in Florida showed up at the door of a 77-year-old anti-Trump protester who wrote a postcard to the state's finance chief that said only "You lack values" www.axios.com/local/tampa-...

Armed Florida agents visited Largo man over postcard critical of CFO Ingoglia

The situation raises questions about how Ingoglia's office is utilizing law enforcement.

www.axios.com

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 1h

Pretty sure some accounts are particularly interested in undermining your credibility. I am aware of where you live and figured you'd delete it once you got up.

Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 1h

If they're still at it after your deletion, rest assured that those folks were never interested in anything but their personal presentation of purity -- fuck 'em.

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Doelle Nonnelly @marconi333.bsky.social · 13h

A reminder to everyone that foster care is about the needs of the CHILD

and there is no inherent right to foster a child

www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

Massachusetts foster parents lose license after refusing to sign gender affirming policy: "We simply can't agree to go against our Christian faith"

A couple from Woburn, Massachusetts lost their license to foster children after they refused to sign a gender affirming policy.

www.cbsnews.com

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 3h

Someone needs to ask him, "What the Fuck are you talking about?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Charles Bergquist @cbquist.bsky.social · 12h

do not worry every body

Instead of the MMWR we can all just ask chat gpt what diseases are breaking out where

everything will be completely* fine

(it is not fine)

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12h

So not for cause, or to address fraud, waste & abuse.

For partisan political pain.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Nov 22

Exactly THIS! Trump wants to turn Congress into the Russian State Duma — compliant lapdogs who exist only to codify laws dictated by the Supreme Ruler.

Alex Wagner Tonight @wagnertonight.msnbc.com · Nov 21

As @jheil.bsky.social points out, while Trump's Cabinet picks may not be qualified to run their departments, they are very qualified to further Trump's goal of wrecking the federal government.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 9h

See the post above.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 15h

🥚 Wealthy US heiress opens an orphanage in Cambodia.

Uncovered years later: rape, abuse, self-injury, fraud.

“Foster parents struggled to connect with their foster children, who felt they were treated differently from biological kids.”

Zero adoptees are surprised. 1/2

apple.news/Ax6kWrBpBQlK...

An American Heiress Just Wanted to Help Children. Things Didn’t Go as Planned. — The Wall Street Journal

Elizabeth Ross Johnson and her collaborator promised Cambodian orphans a ‘golden’ life. After she died, dark allegations came to light.

apple.news

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 14h

whether or not he has a diagnosable condition, he is clearly an asshole

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 15h

👀
"ensuring consistency and authenticity"

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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 1d

He said in “two weeks” — 159 weeks ago.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

"there are fires all over the place"
~the president of the united states with absolutely zero clue what is going on

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

the president of the united states who has access to unprecedented levels of intel and up to the minute daily briefings is instead making statements based on fox news broadcasts from 2020 that his staff has convinced him is happening right now

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LanguageBird @languagebird.bsky.social · 17h

Love this! 😍 #ASL #learnasl #languagelearning #languagebird

people.com/nfl-cheerlea...

NFL Cheerleader Surprises Deaf 8-Year-Old with Conversation in American Sign Language. His Reaction Goes Viral

TikToker Veronica Ochoa posted a sweet video of her son, Mark, using American Sign Language to communicate with Indianapolis Colts cheerleader Morgan McLain.

people.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17h

also a sign of how far trump has checked out-there is zero chance in the old days he would countenance anyone else taking credit, even in a slip of the tongue

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 22h

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 21h

NOW: Unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers have asked a judge to immediately halt mass layoffs that the White House announced on Friday amid the government shutdown. Seeking emergency action ahead of Oct. 16 hearing
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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